Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Program

Don Kirk   author of the  The Ultimate Fly-Fishing Guide to the Smoky Mountains will be giving a presentation about fly fishing for trout and bass in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Don is a full time writer/editor, He has written several books, been the start up editor on dozens of magazines, hosted television and radio shows, been a consultant and published over 10,000 articles on fishing and hunting.  A native of east Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains, Don is the best known fly fishing expert in the country on southern waters, especially the trout streams of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  His fishing guide books to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have sold over 100,000 copies.

You can  download this month’s Newsletter March 2012

Release Date: March 9, 2012                            A movie based on the 2006 novel by Paul Torday, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a political satire that intertwines fly fishing, the Middle East, and the art of political spin management into a romantic comedy drama.  Starring   Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor and Kristin Scott Thomas. Plot                                                                                When a sheik dreams of bringing fly fishing to the wadis of the Highlands of Yemen, a fisheries scientist find himself reluctantly involved in the project. Along the way, dreams, politics and romance go through their own upstream battles in order to make the project a reality.

Program: Update on Park Fisheries

Get the latest update on conditions and ctivities planned and ongoing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Steve Moore and or Matt Kulp, both biologists with the park’s fisheries department, will update members on the effort to develop the brook trout only section of Middle Prong, acid rain deposition and other projects.

You can also download this month’s Newsletter  February 2012